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Rosedude · April 22, 2016

Call me skeptical. Squirrels have two litters a year. Right now you are probably between the first and second. The number of young depends on the amount of food available but can go up to 8 per litter, so twice a year you can add 400% to the population.

http://www.crittercontrol.com/servic...ife-cycle.html

I tried marking my territory a number of years ago. I didn't notice any effect but YMMV. That may only work on animals that are afraid of humans.

April 22, 2016	#66
Rosedude Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: California Posts: 124	Call me skeptical. Squirrels have two litters a year. Right now you are probably between the first and second. The number of young depends on the amount of food available but can go up to 8 per litter, so twice a year you can add 400% to the population. http://www.crittercontrol.com/servic...ife-cycle.html I tried marking my territory a number of years ago. I didn't notice any effect but YMMV. That may only work on animals that are afraid of humans.